Tajikistan hopes to receive 368 thousand tons of cotton

10.09.2016 12:11 1277

A mass campaign for the collection of raw cotton has been launched in Tajikistan. Farmers sent all existing possibilities for the early harvest the Ministry of Agriculture noted. According to the forecasts, it is planned to collect 368 thousand tons of cotton by the end of the year. The volume of the harvest is larger by 16.5 thousand tons than last year. The Ministry of Agriculture stressed that more than 162.5 thousand hectares of cotton was planted this year. Cotton is the second export product after aluminum in Tajikistan.